by Michael Bayne | Nov 13, 2009 | leadership
Our team gathers a few times a year to do short one or two day staff retreats. This time we are in Nashville but usually we just get out of our office and into a local retreat center, hotel, church, or business to think as a team. How and if you meet, plan, dream...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 30, 2009 | leadership
Criticism, no one likes it but it will come to us all at some point. This past week our local paper did a story on Operation Serve, a once a year service project involving over 1,300 volunteers and 30 projects that GCC coordinates each year. It was amazing to watch...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 24, 2009 | leadership
Every week I go to Grace Community and I am blown away by the stuff God allows us to pull off week to week. I have to say, our volunteers blow it out of the water every week and really help pull off some an incredible worship experience for adults, teens, kids, and...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 28, 2009 | leadership
I am amazed at people who see problems, talk about problems, and worry about problems who never even TRY to fix the problem! This goes down so much in “ministry world” because it is always some other leader, committee, pastor, or volunteer’s issue to...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 11, 2009 | leadership
Leaders who work in the church or non-profit environment should be some of the hardest working people around. Why? We work for a cause! Hopefully what we do is helping others. We are striving to make a difference. If this is the case why do people who work in our...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 27, 2009 | leadership, youth ministry
Taking a timeout this weekend. My mother in-law is hanging out with our little girls and Chelsea and I are going to spend a few nights in Gatlinburg. Yes, TIMEOUT. For my I define a life TIMEOUT as taking time to get out of our routine in order to slow down long...
